Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:36:42 -0700 From: Jo Rhett <jrhett@svcolo.com> To: Javier Henderson <javier@kjsl.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Dan Rue <drue@therub.org> Subject: Re: how much beer do I need to get this patch applied? Message-ID: <A51F048C-47CA-47B1-AD20-86BF150DFB2E@svcolo.com> In-Reply-To: <20070620132108447264.6b8a3cd5@kjsl.com> References: <E745210E-A5B8-48E0-B6A8-A467F1054BD7@svcolo.com> <20070620151306.GM45993@therub.org> <20070620115023971992.49dc4616@kjsl.com> <20070620164749.GN45993@therub.org> <20070620132108447264.6b8a3cd5@kjsl.com>
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On Jun 20, 2007, at 10:21 AM, Javier Henderson wrote: >>> So if it's quiet, is it because it's OK, or because it's too >>> broken to >>> complain? >> >> If it's too broken to complain, then the behavior is the same with or >> without this patch. > > I'm just referring to the assertion that the Unix model is to be > quiet when everything is OK. Maybe it's a personal preference, I > guess. No difference. If every day you get dozens of messages saying "No output from 5 commands" then you'll never know that a problem occurred because the message is the same. And more than likely, you just delete the messages every morning without reading them anyway -- which is worse. So the net effect of this change is zero, except that you can disable getting useless messages and thus if you do get e-mail you know that a problem has been happened and you won't ignore it. -- Jo Rhett senior geek Silicon Valley Colocation Support Phone: 408-400-0550
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